Improvement in candle-molding machines



G. ROTH. CANDLE MOLDING MACHINE.

f No. 36,798. Patented 0013.28, 1862.

' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GREGORY BOTH, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO, AASSIGNOR' 'I0 HIMSLF AND HENRY HOMAN. I

f IMPROVEMENT m. CANDLE-MOLDNG MACHINES.

VSpecilicatiun forming part of Letters Patent No. 36,798, dated October 2?, 1.862.

scription thereof, reference beinghad -to theVY annexed drawings, making partzof this specieation. v

This improvement relates to that part of a. candle-molding apparatus which acts to hold the batch of finished candles during the operation of casting thesuceeeding` batch; and my invention consists in a provision for enabling the use in suoli connection of a tip-mold corresponding'to the entire tip of the candle, in combination with a set'of undivided racks.

Figures 1 1 and 2 represent', respectively, the opened and closed conditions of theV rack. Figs. 3 and 4 represent by vertical section -the opened and closed conditions of the lower rack-plates.

A is a rack-frame containing three horizontal stationary rack-plates, B B B, and a movable rack plate or slide, C, capable of'a slight longitudinal movement.' Eachplate B- B B C is pierced with a number of equal and equidistant circular apertures,-D, slightly larger' than the candles. Of these the apertures in the plate B are on' one side, d, flared down- "ard, tofacilitate the descent of the tip-mold,

while the portion cof thesldefG acts, in con- ,junction with the stationary racks, to detain the candle without compressing the sides thereof.l ,t

Operation: The slide Vbeing inthe posit-ion indicated in'Fig. 1 the batch of candles just molded is pushed npby t-he'pstons F Gr through the several racks C B B B to the position 2 in Fig-1 'lbe slide Ois than shifted to the position shown in Figs. 2 and 4, and the gang of pistons being at the same instant re.-

tacted, the candles are detained by the por.:

tions c of the slide C, and lact lto center the wicks for the next batch.' l i This contrivance, while it obviates the objectionable two-part cla-mp, allows o f an undivided rack andof`a tip1nold,G', "whose cup or 'cavity being of ,the fullsize of the candle imparts a complete mold-finish to the candle-tip. l

- I claim herein as newand'of myinvention- The arrangementv of the stationary perfof rated racks B B B 'and the perforated slide C, adapted to retain and center Athe candle .while pern'iitting-the descent ot'a full-sized tip-mold, substantially as set forth'. g In testimonyof which invent-ion I hereunto set my hand.

n t G. ROTH. Y Witnesses:

GEO. H. KNIGnT, H. HOMA'N'. 

